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State of California -The Resources Agency Primary It <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page 2 of 4 "NRHP Status Code 5S3 <br />'Resource Name or #: Elwood Bear House <br />B1. Historic Name: Elwood Bear House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />B3. original Use' Singlr,-family rrsidonrr 114. Present Use' Sing/04,lMily Rrsidrnrr <br />`85. Architectural Style' Spanish Colonial Revival <br />"B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and rate of alterations): Construrted March, 1923. $4, 750. <br />July 9. 1943. Reroof by Owen Roof Company. $75. <br />December 27. 1945. Floor furnance by LO. Crossnickle. $165. <br />June 18, 1954. Private garage (20'x20) by Ivan F $700. <br />July 19, 1954. Plastering for 1. May, owner by Tucker. <br />December 6. 2004. T/D existing comp shingles and replace on pitched roof. S3,6a6. <br />August 16, 2018. Voluntary seismic retrofit. $3,800. <br />August .30, 2018. Repair masonry chimney. $11,000. <br />`B7. Moved?MNo Oyes ❑Unknown <br />"B8. Related Features- Garage. <br />B9a. Archltect Unknown <br />Original <br />b. Builder: Elwuud Bear (owner) <br />"B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecbue Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: 1923 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: C/3 <br />(DisrJ1a5 Imhnrtanre In tPrrns of histnnral or Arrhltp.Mijral rnntext s4 netineri by merle., pennd, and gengnihhlC RWhP.. AlRn .srtrlrP.RS integrity) <br />The Elwood Bear House is architecturally significant as a characlerlslic example or the Spanish Colonial Revival style. This <br />house was originally cunslrucled in 1923 and was valued at appruxirnately $4,750, according to the uriginal building peirail. <br />At the tlrrre of Its construction. the listed property owner was Elwood Hatnnan Bear a notable violin soloist both on the East <br />Coast and as an instructor in the City of Santa Ana. Bear arrived in Santa Ana in 1921 from Pennsylvania while under the <br />instruction of both Henry Schradierk and Frederick Hahn. two of the most noted violinists during that time. Bear instructed <br />.chrdents both from his home and from the Santa Ann Conservatory of Music. Prior to corning to Santa Ann, Bear .carved in <br />the army during World War I, as director of the training camp band at Camp Lee, Virginia. Apparently, Bear initially intended <br />to sell this house, fully furnished. It was featured in a full page advertisement, with a photograph, edifonal commentary, and <br />advertisements from all of the building subcontractors in the Santa Ana Register on June 16, 1923 and was open for <br />inspection for eight days. The 1923 photograph substantiates the integrity, of the house. only the front door and roof have <br />been replaced and the landscaping has evolved. Despite his intentions. Bear and his wife Cora occupied the house into the <br />early 1940s, according to city directories and voter registration records_ <br />(See Confirmation Sheet 3 of 4_) <br />B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (LIM anrlbutus and Coda) <br />'El 12.References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Harris. Cyril M. American Architectures An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York, WW Norton. 1998. <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />Sketch Map Elwood Bear House <br />(Sec Gontinuatinn Snrrt 3 of 4.) 1 r 1 520 West Nineteenth Street <br />BIT Remarks: <br />I <br />=- --- <br />-1 U 0, 4E <br />'B14. <br />0 <br />W <br />' w <br />- <br />-, <br />Evaluator: Leslie Heumann, Chattel, Inc. <br />so <br />BLK <br />OB u LANDS OF A.. <br />'-Date of Evaluation: March 25, 2021 <br />•9L1c „ A <br />+ <br />++ <br />s <br />,a `° <br />0 <br />to� N!r3. M <br />O kr <br />" I <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />srerrr <br />Citv Council <br />1 <br />log <br />5/18/2021 <br />DPR 513E (1/96) `Required Information <br />